February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... of ions similar to the Carrington event were to occur the results could be very bad indeed. An assessment by Lloyd’s of London into the likely impacts of another Carrington-style event estimated the potential adverse economic impacts to be in the...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... data sampling in space and time, distinguishing between the effects of different sources and strengths of magnetism. Lloyds of London analysed what the economic impacts might be of a major CME event hitting Earth and estimated a devastating negative...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... is to reduce the cost of putting satellites into orbit.” Reports from other world capitals, including Washington and London, responded to the ground-breaking 104 satellite mission success by suggesting India had emerged as a key player in the...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
..., iCourts Centre of Excellence for International Courts, Denmark; Visiting Professor Université Toulouse1-Capitole; Member of Faculty, London Institute of Space Policy and Law; Director, International Institute of Space Law; Member of the Space Law...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... on a new space economy and it will be recognised that space hazards can threaten global prosperity. A study by Lloyd’s of London, for example, has suggested that a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun could result...
September 2017
Binary stars and their extraordinary lives
..., where she works on observations and simulations of interacting binary stars. She completed her PhD at University College London and held positions at the Swiss Polytechnic, Zurich, and the American Museum of Natural History, New York...
